It has been said that primary function of a compiler is to expose all of the errors in your otherwise beautiful code. And the purpose of a user is to find all of the bugs in the otherwise flawless code. Likewise, there's nothing more effective in helping find errata in a book than to send it to the printers and unleash it on the masses.... more »

I downloaded the new development version of NetBeans 6.0 (actually in M10) just for the kicks. I wanted to see if the new Ruby on Rails editing was any good, and I was recently surprised so. But not so much for the excellent Rails support, but rather for the new SWING look.... more »